Frank Kaiser

Agree with Highflyer1950. Also, the article states: "But the whale-like plane had no trouble correcting itself and making the perfect landing". So I venture to guess there were no pilots aboard, the aircraft flew itself!

From the BBC: The 127 billion is Norwegian krone, equivalent to $21.5 billion. Crass error on the part of the NY Times!
Low cost airline Norwegian Air Shuttle has said it has signed a deal to buy 222 new planes from Airbus and Boeing for a total cost of 127bn Norwegian krone ($21.5; £13.9bn).